with its own navy and air force, free from the law itself. he was right. in 2000, it was the senator who was among the tiny group of senators to vote against the authorization for the use of military force in iraq. despite the support of a popular president of his own party in 1996, it was senator inouye who took a stand and voted no on the defense of marriage act. he will lie in state on thursday. that is usually an honor reserved for former presidents of the united states. it has also been over the years accorded to a very few distinguished members of congress. and if he is not considered distinguished it is hard to imagine who would be. the passing of the senator opens up a seat in the state. the seat must be to a member of the party of the senator who has died. so the democratic party in hawaii in the next few weeks will submit to the governor a list of three potential nominees er